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Thu, Apr 28th 2016 04:05 pm

New series kicks off with
back-to-back episodes Sunday, May 29

The
best dinner parties are filled with good food, great company, and lots of
laughs. That holds especially true when Andy Richter is the host, famous
foodies and chefs are on the guest list, and crazy culinary games are on the
menu.

At
this ultimate dinner party, as each course is served, so is a new round of the
competition where stars are paired up to compete in fast-paced trivia games and
food-themed challenges. The team that earns the most points will win the
coveted Golden Dinner Plate, while the losing team will have to wash the
dishes.

"
'Celebrity Food Fight' is a high-energy, hilarious culinary game show unlike
any other. Funnyman Andy Richter is the perfect leader of the shenanigans, as
celebrities and chefs wine and dine their way through classic trivia and
outrageous guessing games with a culinary spin," said Didi O'Hearn, senior
vice president of programming, Food Network and Cooking Channel.

Two
teams of two, each consisting of a chef and a celebrity, will compete in a
variety of unique food-related games designed to test their culinary knowledge.
From "Cooking The Books," where the teams must find the fake cookbook title, to
"Talking With Your Mouth Full," where contestants read the names of entrées
with their mouths full while their teammates must correctly guess what they
said, to "Finger Foods," where the contestants must put their hands in a box
and use their fingers to correctly identify each edible item, playing with food
has never ever been this fun.

After
the celebrities and chefs face off, fans can catch highlights at FoodNetwork.com/CelebrityFoodFight,
and they can join the conversation on Twitter using #CelebrityFoodFight.

Actor
and writer Richter rose to fame in 1993 as Conan O'Brien's sidekick on "Late
Night with Conan O'Brien," and reprised his role on "The Tonight Show with
Conan O'Brien" and "Conan." In addition to numerous primetime guest-starring
roles, Richter starred in NBC's "Andy Barker, P.I." and Fox's Emmy-nominated
series "Andy Richter Controls the Universe."